Colin Farrell revealed he had a bit of an accident as he prepared for his first on-camera love scene.

'I had what you could refer to as 'retro bush',' the Irish actor joked during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He borrowed a beard trimmer to deal with his hairy problem, he revealed.

'I went into my trailer, I got a bin, and I put it there,' he explained. 'I looked down and I had a little landing strip — a lovely, lovely little landing strip.'

His candid revelation during a segment called Celebrity Confessions left comedienne and chat show host Ellen in tears.

For the first time ever, the handsome star shared a revealing story about one heck of a close shave!

The talented actor joined Ellen to talk 10 years of sobriety, an upcoming birthday, and his special red carpet date.

The actor is currently promoting his new film the Beguiled in which he stars with Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning. He plays a wounded Union soldier during America's civil war who is taken in and nursed back to health by the headmistress and pupils at a girls school in Virginia. But sexual tensions and rivalries start to simmer before exploding in the dark tale directed by Sofia Coppola.